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The Humanities 2.5

Introduction
Sample at 2.5 – Victoria – A Great Place to Be

Introduction

This work sample forms part of the assessment map for The Humanities. Other parts of The Humanities assessment map can be accessed by using the menu on the right side of the screen.

The Humanities Level 3 standards describe what students should know and be able do at this level.

The assessment task which generated this work sample was designed to give students the opportunity to demonstrate achievement of selected elements of the standard. The work sample illustrates progress towards, but does not fully demonstrate achievement of, the selected elements of the standard.

Sample at 2.5 – Victoria – A Great Place to Be

Context

Students were asked to describe the human and physical characteristics of their local environment or another environment within Victoria in which they were familiar with.

Students worked individually and had one week to gather information and one hour to complete the report in class.

The presentation was to be in the form of a report. Students were provided with the following subheadings for the report:-

Title of Area
Description of Area
Things to Do
Things to See
Places to Go
How to Get There

Students were required to include in the report under one or more headings:

An example of how people have changed the area from its natural state.
Descriptions of natural and man made features of the area.

The elements of the Humanities knowledge and understanding Level 3 standard addressed by the task are:

From direct observation or observation of a variety of media, (students) describe the human and physical characteristics of their local area and other parts of Victoria.

(Students) describe how people use and affect different environments in Victoria.

Sample

This work sample, and the related The Humanities 2.5 progression point examples, illustrate the kind of response that students produce as they progress towards the Level 3 standard.

What are the Grampians?

The Grampians is a national park west of Melbourne.
They are made up of mountains, towns and sightseeing places.

Places to go

The old quarry is a must do because of all the history and the climbing to entertain the kids. A long time ago, people blasted the rocks and it now looks quite different to what it used to look like. There are also many exhibitions and rock features to see there.

Annotation

Humanities knowledge and understanding – 2.5

Identifies the use of the Grampians area as a national park and provides a limited description of features of the park.
Recognises that the use of land as a quarry has affected the environment but does not identify how the natural features have been changed by this human activity.